Fall 2019: Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
At Auction December 17
Interesting items for all collectors feature in the sale, with Martin Waldseemüller’s 1513 Tabula Terre Nova; a fine eighteenth-century manuscript map of the Holy Land; the second volume of Willem and Joan Blaeu’s Atlas Novus containing maps of the Americas; John Speed’s miniature Prospect of the World; and Joseph Nicolas de L’isle’s important 1745 Russian Atlas. The auction will also include city views, flowers by Pierre Joseph Redouté, birds by John James Audubon and a large collection of fine lithographs by Currier & Ives.
Browse Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
Atlases

Nuremberg Chronicle



Miniature Atlas

Hawaiian Imprint

Maps



California as an Island

Natural History Books & Plates



Historic Prints & Illustrations


Japanese Manuscripts, Maps & Imprints



Instruments & Oddities



Exhibition Begins December 12
The exhibition is free to attend and open to the public. We welcome special and educational groups with advance notice—send an inquiry to rsvp@swanngalleries.com.
Exhibition Hours
Thursday, December 12 — 10 am to 6 pm
Friday, December 13 — 10 am to 6 pm
Saturday, December 14 — 12 am to 5 pm
Monday, December 15 — 10 am to 6 pm
Tuesday, December 17 — 10 am to Noon
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